Richard P. Dierking

Richard Peter Dierking (1858-1899) was an American bounty hunter of the Wild West who rode with Ike Skelding during the 1890s. In 1899, he was killed in a shootout with members of the Van der Linde Gang as they rescued their fellow gang member Sean MacGuire from the bounty hunters' captivity on the outskirts of Blackwater, Texas.